GNU bug report logs - #10118
C-w folds case too eagerly

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>, 10118 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10118: Fwd: GNU bugs information: logs for bug#10118
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 02:06:01 -0500

> I've been thinking a bit about this, and I'd like to propose this
> solution:
>
> 1. Never downcase the text yanked into the search ring, because we
> must remember the original text supplied by the user.  This implies
> that the variable `search-upper-case' will not care about the value
> `not-yanks' anymore.
>
> 2. When `search-upper-case' is non-nil, upper case chars will make the
> search case-sensitive, but only when typed right from the keyboard,
> i.e., not when grabbing text from another place (kill ring, buffer or
> whatever).  This way, the search will be case-insensitive by default
> (quite reasonable), and will only switch to case-sensitive under
> explicit request from the user (either by _typing_ an upper case char
> or "M-c").
>
> WDYT?

Sounds good to me!


        Stefan

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